April 29, 2021 By: Benoit Beaulieu, ACSS Reporter As of late, unconventional mediums of exchange and stores of value, such as cryptocurrencies, have been a focal point for governments looking to clamp down on money laundering, sanctions evasion,...
February 27, 2020 By: Anna Sayre, CSS, Director of Content at ACSS On January 31, 2020, the U.K. Parliament finally cut ties from the E.U. after two years of grueling debates and discussions in Brussels, signaling a chance for Britain to break...
November 4, 2019 By: Thomas Nollner* A commonly held misconception within the sanctions industry is that Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions programs only apply to financial institutions. Recent large civil liability settlements...
August 05, 2019 OFAC Publishes New Framework for Compliance Commitments, Naming 5 Essential Components On May 2, 2019, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments “in order to...
February 21, 2019 By: Jan Verloop* On February 18, 2019, Euroturbine B.V. (Euroturbine), a Dutch supplier of specialist parts for gas and steam turbines, was fined for the illicit export of so-called ‘dual-use’ items with full knowledge that the...
February 4, 2019 By: Scott Nance and George Voloshin On December 20, 2018, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a penalty notice and settlement agreement with Zoltek Companies, Inc., a U.S. producer of carbon fiber. OFAC found...
November 19, 2018 SanctionsAlert.com Sanctions Round Up US Imposes Sanctionson 17 Saudis for Alleged Role in Khashoggi Killing, but Prince Stays Clear On November 15, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)...
July 14, 2017 By Anna Sayre, Legal Content Writer, SanctionsAlert.com On March 24, 2017, Kassim Tajideen, an international financier and businessman operating a network of businesses in Lebanon and Africa, was charged by the U.S. Department of...
September 16, 2016 By Daniel Calloway, SanctionsAlert.com On April 4, 2016, Lim Yong Nam (also known as Steven Lim), a citizen of Singapore, was extradited from Indonesia to the US to stand trial on charges of taking part in a conspiracy...
